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FIFA Award Needs A Name Change">FIFA Award Needs A Name Change

by George Metellus on January 15, 2009 · 8 comments

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Cris­tiano Ronaldo for win­ning the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year award. While Cris­tiano Ronaldo wasn’t my choice for the award, its easy to see why he won but the beef I have with this award has to do with the choices for the short­list of can­di­dates. If this is sup­posed to […]

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XI — Part II">2008 World Football XI — Part II

by George Metellus on January 3, 2009 · 5 comments

Part II of WCB’s World XI will reveal the attack­ing por­tion of the team as well as the coach that puts it all together or keeps it together. Let us begin with the right side of the for­ma­tion. FORWARDS: On the right side, Cris­tiano Ronaldo. Every­one knows about the year he had with Man­ches­ter United […]

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III">2008 Footballer of the Year Award Winners — Part III

by George Metellus on November 11, 2008 · 2 comments

The final install­ment of the Award Win­ners series will fea­ture the can­di­dates for the African Player of the Year.  The win­ner of the 2007 award went to Sevilla’s Mali striker Frédéric Kanouté. Kanouté was the 1st African P.O.Y. not to be born in Africa, but this year’s can­di­dates & even­tual win­ner were all born on the African […]

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